Mechanic Notes

The mechanics task was to take the drone, and put the pieces onto the drone. These pieces conclude off:

GPS
power/current sensor
PCM(Power Control Module)
ESC(Electronic Steering Control)
Motors
Cube(autopilot)
Frame

I had to re-solder some wires that had fallen off of the circuit-board within, as well as solder some wires together to add new components.

This is the drone with all of the pieces finally added(The Cube+, GPS, the circuit being re-soldered, and everything is plugged in).

ESC is what calibrates the motors for the Drone, and helps with controlling the propellers(not connected yet).

This the First ESC, but it didn't work due to a faulty laptop.

This is the second ESC , this calibrates the drone and helps it connect to Mission Planner(Manages the drone).

Connecting the Drone

To connect the drone to mission planner, the drone must be connected to a Laptop using the USB port, with a C-cord to the Cube+. Then the user must find which port the drone will connect to. With our specific drone, auto does not work and we use COM4. Then at the top Right Screen click connect, mission planner should find a "heartbeat" and will connect.

Receiver

To connect the Receiver and the remote, I first went to internal and selected FrSkyX2 and then pushed bind. For the Receiver, push screwdriver into little button till the lights on the receiver flash and lastly reset after till lights green

This screen is where at the top you select FrSkyX2 and at the bottom, Bind.

The screwdriver is inserted in this hole on the receiver to push a button to connect to the controller.

This is what the controller screen should look like after, with the 5 bars in the corner.

Nedded to connect the twisted black and red wire to 5V on the circuit board as to not overpower and burn out parts on the drone.

This is the drone finally finished with the camera attached and battery mount

Prepping for Flight

With the Camera now working we

Moving the controllers throttle all the way down and to the right, along with putting every button/switch in neutral, this arms the controller to the drone.

The drone is finished and the propellars are attached in the correct way, prepared to fly.

(An attempt to) fix the camera

Originally, the two mini wires(red and black), are connected to the 12V

Here is me soldering in order to change the red wire to the side of the circuit with the rest of the red wires, while keeping the black wire on the 12V ground in an attempt to power the camera.

Here the black wire is on the ground and the red wire is with the rest.

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